Helplessness Blues

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[Eb]

I was [Eb]raised up believing

I was [Ab]somehow unique

Like a [D#7M]snowflake distinct among snowflakes

Uni[Ab]que in each way you can [Eb]see

And now after some thinking

I'd say [Ab]I'd rather be

A [D#7M]functioning cog in some great machinery

[Ab]Serving something beyond [Eb]me

But I [Eb]don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww what that will [Ab2]be

I'll get [Eb]back [Ab2]to you [Eb]someday, [Ab2]sooooooon, you will [Eb]see

What's my [Eb]name, what's my station

Oh, just [Ab]tell me what I should do

I don't [D#7M]need to be kind to the armies of night

That would [Ab]do such injustice to [Eb]you

Or bow down, and be grateful

And say "[Ab]Sure, take all that you see"

To the [D7#M]men who move only in dimly lit halls

That de[Ab]termine my future for [Eb]me

But I [Eb]don't, I don't knowwwwwwwwww who to bel[Ab2]ieve

I'll get [Eb]back [Ab2]to you [Eb]someday, [Ab2]sooooooon, you will [Eb]see

If I [Eb]know only one thing

It's that [Ab]everything that I see

Of the [D#7M]world outside is so inconceivable

[Ab]Often I barely can [Eb]speak

Yah, I'm tongue tied and dizzy

And I c[Ab]an't keep it to myself

What [D#7M]good is it to sing helplessness blues?

Why should [Ab]I wait for anyone [D#7M]else?

And I [Eb]know, I knowwww, youuuuu will keep me on the [Ab2]shelf

I'll come [Eb]back [Ab2]to you [Eb]someday, [Ab2]soooooooon, my [Ab2]saint

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         "If I had an orchard......."
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[Eb]If I had an o[Gm7]rchard

I'd [Eb]work till I'm r[Gm7]aw

If [Eb]I had an orchard

I'd work till I'm [Gm7]sore

    4th 7th   5th  2nd  5th   4th D
And you would wait taaaables, and soon run the store

Go [Eb]hail in the [Gm7]sunlight

My [Eb]light in the da[Gm7]wn

If [Eb]I had an orchard

I'd work till I'm [Gm7]sore

   4th  7th 5th 2nd 5th   4th D
If I    had an  or  chard I'd work till I'm sore

[Eb]Ooooohhhhhh[Gm7]hhhhhhhhhhhh

[Eb]Ooooohhhhhh[Gm7]hhhhhhhhhhhh

[Eb]Wooooahhhhh[Gm7]hhhhhhhhhh

4th 7th 5th  2nd 5th  4th D
Someday I'll be  like the man on the screen

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